According to GitHub's annual The State of the Octoverse report, microsoft/vscode is the most popular GitHub open source project in 2019, having a total number of 19,100 contributors. GitHub is a version control and collaboration platform for software developers. It is the largest host of source code in the world.
Most popular GitHub open source projects worldwide in 2019, by number of contributors (in 1,000s)*
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GitHub. (November 6, 2019). Most popular GitHub open source projects worldwide in 2019, by number of contributors (in 1,000s)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/824812/worldwide-github-popular-open-source-projects/
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